Cooling device for foods.



Patented Oct. 3,1916.

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COOLING DEVICE FOR rooms.

APPLZCATION FILED DEC- 8. l9l5.

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COOLING DEVICE FOR FOdDS.

Application filed December 8, 1915. Serial No. 65,832.

' away from flies and other insects. The device is constructed with screens, within which the food may be disposed, there being a curtain which is sprayed with water through which air is forced. by a fan, the air which circulates in the device being kept cool .and moist by this means.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in which the preferred form of my invention is described.

In the drawings similar reference characters denote similar parts which .Figure 1 is a perspective view of my cooling device; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on-th'e line 22 of Fig; 3; Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 2;-Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the nozzle and the means for supplying the nozzle with water; Fig. 6 is afragmentary sectional view illustrating the means for straining the water which flows to the nozzle; and Fig. 7 is' a fragmentary view illus trating the nozzle.

=By referring to the drawings, .it will be .seen' that a frame 10 is provided having a floor 11 supported on legs 12, the frame members at thesides and the top of the device being inclosed with hinged screens 13 to' prevent flies and other insects from reaching the food, which may be supported in the device on the shelves 14 and 15. I

At the top ofthe; device there is a horizontalpipe 16,-having openings 17 at'its top, therebeing disposed over this pipe 16 a curtain 18, the sides of which diverge downwardly, the bottom of the sides of the curtain being held in position by a frame 19,

the said frame '19, with the. bottom of the sides'of the curtain 18, being disposed in a tray 20, so that when water or other fluid is supplied to the curtain 18, through the openings 17 in the pipe 16, this fluid will Specification of Letters Patent.

in all the views, in

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

moisten the curtain 18, and any excess will flow. to thetray 20, from which it may pass through the drip pipe 21, under which a'pan 22 may be disposed in a manner readily understood. At the rear of the device, the sides of the curtain 18 are connected by a curtainwall 23, and at the front of the device there is a curtain member 24, the width of which" corresponds with the distance the sides of the curta1n18 are spaced apart, so that the fan. 25 which is disposed between the walls of the curtains 18, will draw air through the curtain member 24, the said air accumulating between the sides of the curtain 18, and belng forced by the increased pressure through. the sides of the curtain 18 which have been moistened with water by means of the pipe 16 and the openings 17. Water is led to the pipe 16 through a pipe 26, this pipe 28 being supplied with water by a pipe .27, which is commanded by a valve 28. The

pipe 26 leads upwardly from the pipe 27,

there being another pipe 29 which leads downwardly from the said pipe 27 this pipe 29 being commanded by a valve 30 and lead-' ing to a cup 31 in which sponge 32 or other materialmay be disposed for. straining the water which passes from the pipe 29. The water passes through thepipe 29, to the sponge 32 in the cup 31, and tothe. nozzle 33. This nozzle 33 is bent, and has a flat opening 34, so that the water will be directed between the sldes of the curtain 18, to. spraythe air which is drawn rearwardly through the curtain member 24 by the fan 25,- this fan 25 beingoperated by a motor 35, or by other su table means. Y

The am, when it is drawn through the curtain member 24 will be cooled,'and will.

be moistened, and this air will be further cooled and moistened as itis forced through the sides of the curtain 18 by the increased pressure of the air between the said sides of the said curtain, this air which has been cooled .and moistened in the manner descrlbed, flowing into the device and around the shelves 14 and '15 so that the food which maybe placed on the said shelves 14 and 15 will be kept cool and moist, andat the same time will be kept free from flies and other insects by'means of the screens 13. The curtain 24- may be moistened in any suitable manner.

It will be understood that as the food is disposed at the outer side of the moist curtains, it is possible to reach the food without coming in contact with the moist walls of the curtains.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i

1. In a cooling device for foods, a curtain havingwalls spaced apart, screens spaced from the curtain walls, food supports disposed between the curtain walls and the screens, means for moistening the curtain, and a fan for forcing air into the space between the curtain walls so that the air will be cooled and moistened as it passes through the moistened curtain in the direction of the food supports;

2; In a cooling device for food, a curtain,

a screen, a food support disposed between the curtain and the screen, means for moistening the curtain, and a fan disposed at the other side of the curtain for directin air through the curtain, so that the air will be cooledand moistened as it passes through the curtain to the food support.

3'. In a cooling device for foods, a hori zontal pipe having openings in its top, a

4. In a cooling device for foods, a hori-H zontal pipe having openings, a curtain disposed over the pipe with the sides of the curtain spaced apart, a tray in which the lower ends of the curtain are disposed, food supports disposed at the outer side of the curtain, and a fan for forcing air. into the space between the curtain walls so that the air will be cooled and moistened as it passes through the curtain in the direction of the food supports.

5. In a cooling device for foods, a screen compartment, a horizontal pipe disposed adjacent the top of the compartment and having openings, a curtain disposed over the pipe with the sides of the curtain between the sides of the screen compartment and spaced apart, a tray in which the lower ends of the sides of the curtain are disposed, food supports disposed between the curtain and the sides of thescreen compartment, a fan for forcing air into the space between the curtain walls, so that the air will be cooled and moistened as it passes through the curtain in the space between-the curtain and the sides of the screen compartment and means to supply the pipe with a fluid.

6. In a cooling device for foods, a screen compartment, a horizontal pipe disposed adjacent the top of the compartment and having openings, a curtain disposed over the.

'pipe, with its'sides spaced apart, a tray in the compartment within which the bottoms. of the sides of the curtain are disposed, a fan between the sides of the curtain and adapted to draw airfrom the end of the compartment, so that the resulting pressure between the sides of the curtain will force the air through the curtain sides, a curtain at the said end of the compartment, a noz'zle at the last mentioned curtain, and means for supplying the pipe and the nozzle with a fluid.

In testimony whereof I have signed-my name to this specification in the presence of 'two subscribing witnesses.

- CLARK SALATHIEL -MUDGE.

Witnesses: I

.L, B. AsHBAUGH,

A. O. GARDEN.- 

